Introduction to Semantics pt. 2

6-10 August 2018

Description

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Building on the techniques introduced in Introduction to Semantics pt. 1, this course will give an introductory overview of some of the more advanced topics that have occupied formal semanticists over the previous decades.

Schedule

06.8: dynamic semantics

FSBC ch. 7

07.8: presupposition

FSBC ch. 8

08.8: coördination and plurals

FSBC ch. 9

09.8: event semantics

FSBC ch. 10

10.8: intensionality

FSBC ch. 11

Readings

The primary reading for this course will be (the second half of) Elizabeth Coppock and Lucas Champollion’s draft textbook Formal Semantics Boot Camp (FSBC), downloadable here.